Obituary of Mart Roberson
(C. Avis Catalog entry #66)
(Document ID #376a)
PIONEER RANGE RIDER IS DEAD
MART ROBERSON, COLORFUL FIGURE, CAME WEST 50 YEARS AGO
Mart Roberson, for 50 years a range rider and well known in Amarillo, is dead.
The death occurred recently at his home in Wichita Falls, according to word received here by Capt. Clark Cain, chief of detectives.
While he was manager of a ranch at old Sunnyside, N. M., Mr. Roberson was a familiar figure at the Amarillo Hotel. He was picturesque and typical of early day Texans who braved the frontier.
Although 75 years of age, Mr. Roberson remained active in the cattle industry until his fatal illness.
As a youth of 19, Mr. Roberson secured his first work with the H. & N. Ranch, south of Olney. From then on range activities carried Mr. Roberson on many trail drives and round-ups all over the Panhandle, into Oklahoma and Kansas.
Besides the widow, two sons and three daughters survive him. The sons are Harry Roberson of Durango, Colo., and Clyde Roberson of Fort Worth; the daughters, Mrs. R. H. Gracey of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Jake Avis of Wichita Falls, and Miss Jennie Roberson, an art supervisor in the Wichita Falls public schools.